WORLD CUP 2010
the country proved itself capable of weather retractable dome, the stadium Durban’s 70,000-seat Moses Mabhida
staging a major competition. can host up to 70,000 people. The Stadium takes its design inspiration
Soccer City in Johannesburg is the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban from the South African flag
flagship stadium for the World Cup. will also have a top capacity of 70,000
Home to the South African Football As- and will host six first-round World Cup be R161 (£12.30) – a price similar to
sociation, the stadium will seat 94,700 matches, one second-round and one that which local South Africans would
people once an upgrade is complete. It semi-final match. normally pay to watch their national
hosted the first mass rally for Nelson In Bloemfontein/Mangaung, the Free football team.
Mandela after his release in 1990 and State Stadium will have a capacity of FIFA and the Local Organising Com-
was also the venue for the 1996 CAF Af- 48,000 people. The Nelson Mandela Bay mittee (LOC) believe it is imperative
rica Cup of Nations finals. The opening Stadium on the shores of the North End that this major football event will be
games and final match of the World Cup Lake will be able to accommodate up to accessible to as many of South Africa’s
will be played there. 50,000 supporters, while Mbombela sta- people as possible and a number of
Johannesburg city centre is also home dium on the outskirts of Nelspruit in the initiatives have been devised to ensure
to Ellis Park stadium. Opened in 1982, Mpumalanga Province will have a seat- that this will be the case.
this venue played host to the recent FIFA ing capacity of up to 46,000. One such scheme is the 2010 FIFA
Confederations Cup thanks to an exten- The Peter Mokaba stadium in World Cup Ticket Fund whereby FIFA,
sive facelift which increased its seating Polokwane, named in honour of the the LOC and the six FIFA partners (Adi-
capacity to 62,000. anti-apartheid activist, is being built das, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Hyundai, Sony
Another Confederations Cup host was 5km from the city centre and will have a and Visa) will distribute 120,000 compli-
the Loftus Versveld in the heart of Tsh- capacity of 45,000. Located in the Lim- mentary tickets to South Africans who
wane/Pretoria, which offers a seating popo Province, which has the largest are contributing towards the success of
capacity of 50,000 and is located on a number of registered football players the World Cup, but who can’t afford
site that was first used for sport in 1903. in South Africa, it will be situated in a to be part of the event. Some of these
Then there’s Green Point in Cape brand new sports complex. beneficiaries will include stadium con-
Town, which boasts a backdrop of Finally, the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in struction workers.
mountains and ocean. With an all- Rustenberg is located close to Sun City A series of FIFA Fan Fests is another
and can seat 42,000 people. initiative. Using the model developed
during the 2006 World Cup in Germany,
Tickets people without tickets for the games
As global interest in the will be able to watch the tournament
tournament grows, more free of charge in Fan Zones or Public
than 1.6 million ticket ap- Viewing Areas (PVAs).
plications have already An estimated 21 million fans watched
been received from a total games in these dedicated areas in
of 203 countries during Germany. Senior Superintendent Vish
the first stage of appli- Naidoo of the South African Police
cations, which ended in Service believes there could be more
March this year. than 20 times the number of people
The average price of turning up to the fan zones than
a World Cup ticket will going to the stadiums.
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